Railway Chateau Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name= Railway Chateau Cemetery
body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates= 1914-1916
established= 1914
designer= W H Cowlishaw
coordinates= coord|50|51|13.0|N|02|51|23.9|E|
nearest_town= Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
total= 105
unknowns= 6
by_country=Allied Powers:
*United Kingdom 105
by_war=
World War I: 105
source= [http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/railwaychateaucemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com] and [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=55905&mode=1 CWGC]

Railway Chateau Cemetery [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=55905&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission] , accessed 30 December 2007] (referred to as "Railway Chateau British Cemetery" on the entrance stone) is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.

The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. [ [http://www.webmatters.net/belgium/ww1_friedhof_vladslo.htm First World War] , accessed 19 August 2006]

Foundation

This small cemetery was originally established as "Augustine Street Cabaret Cemetery" in November 1914. It was also known as "L.4 Post Cemetery". [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=55905&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission] , accessed 30 December 2007]

The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.

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